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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.8215
EAN: 9780932440228
Edition: Revised and Expanded Ed
ISBN: 0932440223
Label: Oberlin College Press
Manufacturer: Oberlin College Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 163
Publication Date: 1987-12
Publisher: Oberlin College Press
Studio: Oberlin College Press
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The astonishing distillations that make up the poetry of Vasko Popa combine elements of surrealism, folklore, and trenchant logic. This major figure in the postwar literature of Eastern Europe is here presented in a revised and expanded version of the volume that won the PEN Translation Prize in 1979. The present edition adds two new sequences, "Give Me Back My Rags" and "Heaven's Ring," as well as new sections of the famous series, "The Little Box." It offers a unique acquaintance with a wonderful poet. A book for surrealists, mythographers, postmodernists, scientists, and lovers of folklore and games.
The Serbian poet Vasko Popa is one of the most distinctive and original voices in contemporary European poetry. His translator, Charles Simic, has published many volumes of poems, translation, and essays. He has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize as well as a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, among numerous other awards.
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I've read two translations of Popa's works. Some individual poems were in both collections. This translation was far better--more poetic. The other may have been more literal, I don't know (it's called "Collected Poems"). This one appears to reflect the poet's feelings. It's quite beautiful as well as frequently profound. I discovered Popa by listening to the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago audiotape, "The Yawn of Yawns: On the Psychology of Revelation--An Exploration of the Poetry of Vasko ... Read More
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This is an incredible collection of poetry by Vasko Popa -- an incredible European poet. The poems are very surreal; it is required to read each poem at least three times in order to grasp its meaning. Each poem has a beautiful and strange world of its own. Plus, there is a lot of magical realism in this book, which is something I always look for in literature.
My favorite Popa poems are "Ashes," "Hunters," and "Heaven's Ring." I also love the Little Box series, especially "The Owners ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 891.8215
EAN: 9780932440228
Edition: Revised and Expanded Ed
ISBN: 0932440223
Label: Oberlin College Press
Manufacturer: Oberlin College Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 163
Publication Date: 1987-12
Publisher: Oberlin College Press
Studio: Oberlin College Press